Strange Frame: Love & Sax

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Logan D @Greynomad38 Oct 8, 2026 A saxophonist (Claudia Black) falls in love with talented songwriter. Too bad the latter is an indentured servant. I kept putting this film off. On paper, it's up my alley, sci-fi and animation. However, the images used to advertise the film (which are accurate) present this as a cheaply animated work. But then Claudia Black narrates her way into your ears and all is well. I've always loved her voice and she's perfect for this role. The animation is okay if often awkward, being made of cutout animation decorated with some CGI. The characters movements are often stiff but the film can often surprise you with its imagery. Genre fans will also be interested to learn the cast is stacked. Tim Curry, Ron Glass, Juliet Landau, Alan Tydyk, and others populate the cast. See more jon O @jon-o May 23, 2026 Well is it any wonder its getting the rating by critics it has. Seen the trailer and its repulsive at best. Refuse to watch the animation that has limited animations. I recall a film back in the eighties that was a far superior animation HEAVY METAL. One would think after 45 years it would be light years better not far worse. See more Mar 19, 2018 This animation came out before it's time. See more Jun 13, 2015 I wanted to see this one, but was pretty disappointed. It didn't flow like a movie should. It was a series of music videos that were not amazing. The style of the animation was neat. (Think flash animations in the early 2000s). The movie needed to be a little more congruent and have a bit more substance. See more Dec 21, 2013 One line summary: Lush voices, fine music, good story, hideous visuals. ------------------------------------- Naia is a singer, Parker a saxophone player. They made good music together until they encountered Dorlan Mig, who drugged both of them. He threw out Parker, and denied her access to Naia. Parker barely manages to keep her best saxophones. She eventually meets Grenman, the all-around fixit man on a space ship. This gives her a safe home and friends. However, the ship's onboard AI is going psycho, and is sabotaging the ship. It's the late 28th century, and humanity lives mostly off Earth: Mars, the Jovian satellites, large asteroids, and places further out, rather like in Cowboy Bebop. There is a war among the various planets, satellites, space stations, and asteroids. AI and robotics are enormously further along than on 21st century Earth. Parker sells one of her saxes to help pay the bills on Grenman's ship. She investigates her former band. She takes the bass of the player Atem, who abandoned it and his clothes. Parker promises to give the bass to Atem if she finds him. She meets Chat, another band member, and tries to figure what Dorlan did with Naia. She attends one of Naia's current shows, takes recordings, feels the singing with her singer's sense.. Parker becomes quarter owner of the ship, and the crew sets about to help her to kidnap the 'fake' Naia. Will Parker succeed in rescuing the real Naia? Will the captain succeed in regaining complete control of his ship from the AI? Will Dorlan get his just reward? -------Scores--------- Art: 4/10 Terrible. Ugly. An assault on the eyes. A festival of hideous images. Sound: 10/10 Voices and incidental music were fine. Voicing: 10/10 Claudia Black was brilliant, Ron Glass excellent. Screenplay: 10/10 A touching and inventive story set in the Cowboy Bebop like future environment. See more Nov 21, 2013 This animated, sci-fi, musical, love story is set in the 28th Century. Most of the action seems to happen in Ganymede City located on Ganymede. It follows the story of two women who meet and fall in love. One becomes a pop super star while the other remains a poor jazz musician. With the help of a couple of friends they fight the powers that be. There is much visual imagery accompanied by music. The best word for this movie is 'Trippie.' See more Read all reviews

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